All students in grades 3 – 8 are assigned a laptop computer for the school year to use in our private school classrooms. The primary use of computers is for:
- Word processing
- Internet research
- Foreign language study
- Key board practice
- Art and power point presentations
The following is a list of technology skills that each student masters by the time they complete middle school:
- Identify and use functions for word processing such as: spell checker, electronic thesaurus and word counter
- Understand the need for protection of software and hardware from computer viruses
- Discriminate between ethical and unethical access to information stored on computers, servers, and the Intern
et
- Identify terms related to computer-generated production (i.e. desktop publishing, clip art, hypertext, URL, multimedia, CD-ROM, scanners, camcorders)
- Demonstrate effective use of Internet search skills including a variety of search engines and prioritizing queries while working in our private school classrooms here in Vero Beach
- Correctly use the terms web site, search engine, and online database
- Demonstrate an understanding of the evaluation of validity of materials obtained from the Internet
- Identify the information necessary for a complete source citation (author, title, URL, date accessed, date of last revision)
- Demonstrate basic functions of using electronic mail including attachments
- Understand the need to protect personal information from electronic access
- Understand and use safe practices when using communication devices in our private school classrooms